Reeling-machine.



No. 659,067. Patented Oct. 2, |900. W. J. IRWIN.

REELING MACHINE.

(Application iledFeb. 27, 1900.)

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No. 659,067. Patented 00L 2, |900.

w. IRWIN. REELING MACHINE..

(,Application led Feb. 27, 1900.)

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WILLIAM JOHN IRWIN,AOF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

REELlNc-MAGHINE.

ySIEIECIFICIA'JJION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 659,067', datedOctober 2, 1900. Application filed February 27,1900. Serial No. 6 ,'711-(llo model.)

T all wiz/0m it may concern,--

Be it known that I, -WILLIAM JOHN IRWIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hoboken,in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Reeling-Machine, of which thefollowrIO ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a reelingattachment for tin-foil machines, itspurpose being;

to provide mechanism for uniformly drawing off the tin-foil, so that itwill be properly wound on the reel and its breakage avoided, to whichend I employ certain novel mechanism for drivingl the reelautomaticallyl in time with the tin-foily mill.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, whilethe claims deline the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front view of theinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional planthereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. 4 is an elevation of the clutch withthe shaft in section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

parts adjacent`thereto,and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig.`6.

In Figs. 2=and 3 the shaft 8 may be sup` posed to be the journal of oneof the rollers lon the shaft 11, whereby to drive the shaft12.

from the shaft 11.`

The shaft 12 carries a cone-pulley 17 ,around which a belt 18 passes,and this belt 18 passes ydownward and forwardly around a cone-pulley 19,mounted fast on a shaft 20, held to turn in brackets 21, projectingforwardly from the framing of the apparatus. It will be seen, therefore,that the shaft 20 is driven in time Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig.

Fig. is Q -a detail of one of thev fingers of the clutch. Fig. 6 is adetail section of the clutch and the with the shaft 8. By regulating theposition of the belt 15 on the stepped pulleys 14 and 16 the speed ofthe shaft 12 maybe regulated, and by shifting the belt 18 on the pulleys17 and 19 the speed of the shaft 20 may be regulated. The purpose ofthis gearing is to enable the speed of the shaft 2O to be controlled tothe utmost nicety, and by the peculiar arrangement shown I am able to dothis. The adjustment of the speed of the shaft 20 is approximatelysecured by shifting the belt 15 on the pulleys 14 and 16, and then byshifting the belt 18 a finer adjustment is attained. I provide means forautomatically shifting this belt in time with the accumulation oftin-foil on the rcel, whereby the tin-foil is drawn upon the reel at auniform speed, notwithstanding the size of the reel may vary with theaccu mulation of the tin-foil. I also provide means for manuallyadjusting this belt, which I will now describe. A track 22 is mounted onthe framing approximately between the pulleys 17 and 19 and parallelwith the axes thereof. In this track 22 runs the foot 23 of abelt-shifter comprising a body-bar 24 and forks 25, the forks 25engaging the belt 18 adjacent to the respective pulleys 17 and 19. Bymoving the belt-shifter the belt 18 may be moved as desired. A screw 26is mounted to turn in the frame just below the track 22, and this screwis driven by a belt 27, passing from a pulley 28 on the shaft 11 to apulley 29 on the screw 26. On the body-bar 24 of the belt-shifter isfulcrumed a hand-lever 30, at the rear end of which a half-nut 31 isformed, such nut running on the screw 26. A quadrant 32 is fastened tothe body-bar 24 of the belt-shifter, and the hand-lever is provided withsuitable Adevices for engaging this quadrant, so as to hold thehandlever in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, in which position thenut 31 is engaged with the screw 26, and so also as to hold thehand-lever 30 with its front end thrown downward, thus raising the nutout of engagement with the screw 26. When the nut 31 is engaged with thescrew 26, the rotary movement of the screw will steadily advance thebelt-shifter exactly with respect to the pulleys 17 and19 and thebeltwill be shifted along the pulleys, thus automatically varying thespeed of the shaft 20. It will be understood that the reel turning thesucces- IOO sive folds of tin-foil thereon will gradually increase inperipheral size, so that it is necessary to gradually decrease the speedof the reel in order that the tin-foil may be drawn uniformly from therollers. By this screw 26 I am enabled to attain this result. Should theoperator desire at any time to move the belt 18 manually, this may bedone by throwing the hand-lever 30 down and applying manual force to thebelt-shifter, moving the belt 18, as will be understood.

The reel 33 may be of any desired form, except that it is provided withtwo journals 34, which are mounted in boxes 35, attached to brackets 36,carried suitably on the framing of the machine. The inner journal 34 ofthe reel 33 is flattened, as shown best in Fig. 7, and is fitted into arecess 37, formed in the hub 38 of the clutch member 39. This hub 38 ismounted to turn. in a box 40, carried by an arm 41, attached t-o one ofthe brackets 36. (See Fig. 2.) By these means the reel is driven fromthe clutch member 39, and the reel may be disconnected from this clutchmember by raising the reel, thus moving the inner journal 34 out of therecess 37 of the clutch member. When the journal 34 of the reel isengaged with the huh of the clutch member 39, the reel and clutch memberare connected fast with each other. The shaft 2O has a clutch member 42splined thereon. This clutch member 42 works with the clutch member 39,as best shown in Fig. (i, and the clutch member 42 is actuated by al1andle ver 43, fulcrumed on one of the brackets 21, as shown. Byengaging the clutch members 39 and 42 the reel 33 will be driven fromthe shaft 20, which operation will be fully described hereinafter. Theclutch members are formed of radiallydisposed arms, as best shown inFig. 4, such arms being mounted on the respective hubs, and the clutchmember 39 is provided with a larger number of arms than the clutchmember 42. As here shown, I employ eight arms on the member 39 and fourarms on the member 42. The member 42 has each arm provided with alaterallyprojecting finger 44, covered with a suitable cushion, (seeFig. 5,) these fingers projecting into the path of the arms of theclutch member 39, whereby to engage the clutch members, as shown inFig. 1. By throwing the hand-lever 43 to the left the clutch member 42may be engaged with the member 39, and by throwing the hand-lever in theopposite direction the clutch member will be disengaged. (See Fig. 2.)For the purpose of carrying the foil as it comes from the machine Iprovide a roller 45, mounted back of the reel 33 and carried onverticallydisposed bars 4G, which are arranged to slide vertically inguides 47, (see Fig. 2,) such guides being attached to the framing ofthe machine and provided with set-screws 48, enabling them to hold thebars 46 in any desired adjustment. By these means the roller 45 may beadjusted to suit the size of the reel and the other conditions of themachine. This roller serves to carry the tin-foil to the reel andprevents the foil from sagging in its passage and also causes the foilto run true on the reel, as will be understood.

In using the apparatus the Starting of the `tin-foil mill will cause theshaft 11 to be driven at the same speed as the shaft 8. The operator nowadjusts the belt 15 so that the shaft 12 will be driven at approximatelythe proper speed. Then the tin-foil is led to the reel 33, and this reelis turned manually through the medium of the arms of the clutch member39, during which operation the operator determines the proper speed atwhich the reel should be driven so as to enable it to properly take upthe tin-foil as it is delivered from the mill. Meanwhile the operatorwith his other hand should so manipulate the belt-shifter 24 as to placethe belt 18 in such position that the clutch member 42 of the shaft 20will be driven at exactly the same speed as the reel 33. This may bereadily determined by watching the arms of the several clutch members,and when they travel together, the operator should then throw thehand-lever 43, engaging the clutch members with each other, and then thereel will be driven automatically. When this has been done, thehand-lever 30 should be thrown up to engage the nut 31 with the screw26, and the operation of this screw will then serve to advance thebelt-carrier steadily and slowly, and the belt 18 will be graduallyshifted to decrease the speed of the reel in time with the accumulationof the tin-foil thereon, the result of which operation is that thetin-foil is taken from the mill at a uniform speed.

Having thus described my invention, I

`claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 1shaft, a belt passingbetween said pulleys, a third shaft, a cone-pulley on the second shaft,

a cone-pulley on the third shaft, a belt passing between thecone-pulleys, a belt-shifter working with the belt of the cone-pulleysand vdriven continuously from the lirst-named or driven shaft tosteadily shift the speed, and reeling devices driven from the thirdshaft.

2. The combination of a driven shaft, a second shaft, adjustable gearingfor driving the second shaft from the first-named or driven shaft, athird shaft, cone-pulleys on the second and third shafts, a belt passingbetween the cone-pulleys, a belt-shifter working with the belt anddriven continuously from the first or driven shaft to steadily shift thebelt, and reeling devices driven from the third shaft.

3. The combination of a drive-shaft, a second shaft driven therefrom, athird shaft, cone-pulleys on the second and third shafts, a belt passingbetween the cone-pulleys, a belt-shifter working with the belt, a screwIOO driven continuously from the drive-shaft, a nut carried on thebelt-shifter and engaging the screw, whereby to automatically drive thebelt-shifter and steadily shift the belt, and reeling devices connectedwith the third shaft.

4. In a reeling-machine, the combination of a driven shaft, a clutchmember splined thereon, a second clutch member mounted to turn andserving to be engaged by the first-named clutch member, the secondclutch member having a notched hub, and a reel, the journal of which isremovably fitted in said notched hub.

5. In areeling-machine, the combination of a drive-shaft, a clutchmember splined thereon, a second clutch member, the hub of which ismounted to turn and formed with a notch therein, the first-named clutchmember being movable to engage and dsengage the second clutch member,and a reel, one of the journais of which is formed with a flattenedportion removably tted Within the notch of the hub of the second clutchmember.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of z5

